ADCC Blue Belt Effect: Why You Buy New Gear and Philosophy
It happens every time. The ADCC stream ends.
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BJJ News — ADCC
Gym Issues ADCC Conduct Policy: Please Try to Be Good
There's a moment in every gym's trajectory when the owner realizes: we have to put this in writing. This week, one gym did exactly that.
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ADCC 2026 -66kg: Olivarez Defeats Zapashov Amid Rule Crisis
You watch submission grappling to watch submission grappling. Scrambles that reward positioning.
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ADCC Bracket Reveal: 75K Views Beats Most UFC BJJ Events
There's a specific moment in every grappling nerd's week: you refresh ADCC's social feed, your phone buzzes, and suddenly you're staring at a bracket visualization like it's the morning of a title fight. Except this week, the bracket reveal was the fight.
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Gordon Ryan's ADCC Non-Negotiable Stance Hits Different When He's Sitting This One Out
Gordon Ryan has a position on ADCC that sounds a lot more principled when you're not examining it too closely. The New Wave Jiu-Jitsu owner and competitor recently stated that ADCC would be "non-negotiable" in any contract negotiations with the UFC for a jiu-jitsu-specific event or fighter compensat
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The Eternal ADCC Deferment: A Gym Culture Study
He corrects technique during flow rolls. He watches every ADCC match the day it drops on FloGrappling, texts the group chat with real-time commentary, and has strong opinions about judging.
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The Purple Belt's ADCC Paradox: Analysis Without Stakes
Every Monday at 7 p.m., before the hard rolls start, there's a purple belt at your gym who's just finished his second detailed breakdown of why ADCC 2028 will be "radically different" from 2026. He has fourteen specific points.
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ADCC's Ticket Math: 'On Track' Doesn't Mean Selling Out
When a major grappling organization gets on the mic six days before its flagship event and boasts about selling exactly four tickets per day, you know the conversation has shifted from "come watch this" to "please, anyone, come watch this." ADCC's recent announcement: they're "exactly on track" with
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